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I'm a huge fan of the Rose Xlite as well! Rose is definitely buying OEM frames.And i think it's https://www.speedercycling.com/Carbon-Integrated-Road-Disc-Frameset-SC-R55D-_p429.htmlWhen you put them side by side, in fact, pretty evident that the Speeder 55D IS the rose xlite. Right?That might well be my next road bike. With 50mm wide AF rims & carbon spokes, carbon cranks, could be a very light build for my fat ass. Speeder has a very strong reputation and OEMs for very legit operators. For example, https://frameworkbicycles.com/ sources cockpits & forks from Speeder.
I don't think Rose buys OEM frames. their endurance and gravel line up are quite unique with a proprietary "flexy" seatposts.
You can look it up. Rose themself says that they let the carbon and alloy frames be made in China (speeder could it be) and than imported back to Germay. Only the assembly and R&D are in Germany.
yes, they use chinese manufacturers, but certainly no "off the shelf" frames
Literally everybody except Giant does thisRose are not open open mould you won't find them, they are very generic tho so you can find a lot of similar frames